VDA 5

 

 

1. Find a reliable website that can offer pregnant women information about mercury in seafood and will give suggestions as to serving sizes and frequencies that are safe for consumption.

http://www.epa.gov/mercury/advisories.htm

 

 

 

2. Using what you find in the website that you research and what you've read in the article, write a paragraph of at least 6 sentences that explains what mercury is, what it can do to pregnant women and how they can prevent these problems while pregnant.

 The chemical element of atomic number 80, a heavy silvery-white metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures (https://www.google.com/#hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=what+is+mercury&oq=what+id+mercury&gs_l=hp.1.0.0i13l4.2701.6668.0.9446.15.15.0.0.0.0.538.4104.0j6j3j3j2j1.15.0.les%3B..0.0...1c.1.n3o2ldtXUVw&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.1355272958,d.aWc&fp=bc2c42ada850bfef&bpcl=39942515&biw=1525&bih=718)

 

Mercury can damage many body parts of if exposed to for a long time. It can harm you in places such as you nervous system, lungs and kidneys.  If an expectant mother gets exposed to mercury during her pregnancy, the baby in the womb will experience brain damage and hearing and vision loss. Fish is prohibited to expectant mothers because fish absorb mercury from the water and when a mother is eating the fish, the mercury goes straight to the womb.

(http://www.marchofdimes.com/pregnancy/stayingsafe_mercury.html)

 

 

VDA 3

http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/futureoftech/first-algae-derived-fuel-hits-pumps-1C7048163

1. What is algae? (Specifically, what kingdom does it belong to and where is it found?)

Algae belongs to the Kingdom Protista. according to Ask Kids, algae is found in damp, moist areas.( http://answers.askkids.com/Life_on_Earth/Where_is_Algae_Found )

 

 

 

2. What is another form of biofuel that the article mentions? (Hint! "There's more than corn in Indiana! Indiana Beach!")

 Corn.

 

 

 

3. When comparing algal biofuel to the biofuel mentioned in your answer to number 2, which one allegedly produces fewer polluntants?

 I believe that corn produces less pollutants.

 

 

 

4. How does the algae produce biofuel?

 It states in the article

 algae-derived fuel 

"Special algae are grown in bulk; when fed certain sugars, they produce combustible oils that can be used as fuel additives".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8mFzCAYoLVs

1. How long does nature take to produce fuel? It takes nature millions of years to produce Fuel.

 

 

2. How long does it take Solazyme to produce fuel? It takes Solazyme a few days to produce fuel.

 

 

3. Where is Solazyme currently located? It's currently located in Peoria,Illinois.

 

a) In what way does their research contribute to the greater good? My article was Criminal Codes.  It was about how Heather Mahalik  investigated crime scenes using science. It's good that Heather uses her knowledge of science and mathto investigate. With that knowledge, she has solved many cases.

b) What questions did the scientist pose that led to the research that s/he did? "How can I track down the culprit?" "Is there a way I way can take apart a phone and get information?"

 

 

 

 

c) What field of science does this fall into? (Biology, chemistry, physics, etc.?)  It would fall into the fiels of forensic and invenstigative sciences.

 Dear Heather Mahalik,

                  I am interested in how you could take apart a phone and find so much information. I read in the article Criminal Codes that that deleted information on a phone could be found. It also says that you can track where a person has been and whom they have talked to. My biggest question is, how do you use science in something like crime? Where does the deleted stuff go? I found it interesting that digital devices, identical to the ones we play games on, chat on, etc.

 

                                        With interest, 

                                                               Ayesha.



          

 





 

1)What was the title and URL of the article you read?  
 Curiosity's watery find
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/10/curiositys-watery-find/

2) Do you have any questions about anything you read in the article? If so, what are the questions?
 Where did the water come from?  

3) What did you find MOST fascinating about the article? 
I found it interesting that there was actually water on Mars.

4) What did you learn?
There was water on Mars.

5) Why was the science found in the article important, in your opinion? because now we could find out if there actually life on Mars.

6) Any additional comments? No